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Monday, 12 March 2012

Monday - Lent 3

Happy Monday! Work day, chore day, lots of time for prayer day.
Husband returned home from his travelling duties. Old Son managed two walks on the weekend.
Hurrah! People worshipped together (even though I did stumble quite a bit in playing the piano at St. Andrew's).

Devotional.....

Lord,this day You ask us to come closer to You.We were dead and You gave us new life by
the Spirit.We were sinners and You gave
us a pure heart.Bring us to Your
fullness this day so that we can share the Good News with others.This we ask in Jesus’ name.Amen.

Read:St. Matthew 8: 28 – 34

When Jesus and the disciples crossed over
the Sea of Galilee,Jesus was met by two
demon-possessed men.They were so
violent that no one could go near them.Yet,even living apart from
everyone else,they knew Jesus and
called out to him, “What do you want with us, Son of God?”

The two
demon-possessed men beg Jesus to send them into a herd of pigs.Pigs?What are Jews doing with pigs?Pigs are forbidden food.But a
herd of pigs was nearby and Jesus says to the demons, “Go”.And they go into the pigs and the whole herd
rushes down a steep bank and end up dead in the water.The keepers of the pigs see this and rush
into town to report what had happened.The townspeople go out to meet Jesus and ask him to leave.Huh?Why would the townspeople ask Jesus to leave their town when He healed
the two men?While the two men are now
healed,the town has lost a portion of
it’s income (in the pigs).

Often times we miss
seeing miracles because we are looking only at dollar signs.How often in the Church do we say, “We can’t
do that because we don’t have the money.” Or "Our greatest liability is our Minister's stipend".

Instead of focussing
upon the lack of money this Lent,consider focussing your prayers for the Churchon three things --

1. pray forthe Spiritual Leadership in the Church to
create a vision or idea for helping others,

2.pray for the Spiritual Leadership in the
Church to share that vision or idea with others

3.pray thatthe Spiritual Leadership in the Church to ask people to help them make
God’s vision or idea a reality.

Idea…. Sharing….Reality.

Great God,be our rock and our fortress as we pray for the Spiritual Leadership in
the Church that they may create a vision for helping others.Great God,be our rock and our fortress as we pray for the Spiritual Leadership in
our Church to communicatethis vision
with the community.Great God,be our rock and our fortress as we pray that
the Spiritual Leadership in our Church will ask for help in sharing their
vision with the community.Upon You we
depend.You ARE our Rock and our
Fortress.Amen.

About Me

A 51 year old Presbyterian Quilter - Museum Volunteer who still loves to sing "Jesus loves me" at the top of my lungs.... much to our next wall neighbours aching ears :) . These daily devotionals are written to bring you the Good News and inspiration into your day. And sometimes there are comments about life in the Manse, quilting, and Museum :)